This is an English First Additional Language Grade 10 Paper 3 task from the King Cetshwayo District in KwaZulu-Natal, dated February 2026, worth 30 marks and to be completed in 40 minutes. Learners choose one of four longer transactional writing topics, a friendly letter giving advice about bad friends, a dialogue about low marks in a shared subject, a magazine article on problems experienced by teenagers, or a speech about a personal sporting success, and write a response of 120 to 150 words.
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Term 1 Content Brief
English First Additional Language Grade 10 Paper 3 PDF JJG-074
Key terms and skills covered include the longer transactional text, planning and proofreading, and the four text types tested: friendly letter, dialogue, magazine article and speech.
The paper consists of 3 pages and has one section, Section B: Longer Transactional Text, worth 30 marks. Learners choose and respond to one of four given topics.
By completing this task, learners should be able to plan, draft and proofread a piece of writing in the correct format and register for a chosen text type, and write within the given word count.